* Argues strongly for overlooked approach to development by showing
how the poor use money in ways that confound stereotypical notions
of aid and handouts* Team authored by foremost scholars in the
development fieldAmid all the complicated economic theories about
the causes and solutions to poverty, one idea is so basic it seems
radical: just give money to the poor. Despite its skeptics,
researchers have found again and again that cash transfers given to
significant portions of the population transform the lives of
recipients. Countries from Mexico to South Africa to Indonesia are
giving money directly to the poor and discovering that they use it
wisely to send their children to school, to start a business and to
feed their families.Directly challenging an aid industry that
thrives on complexity and mystification, with highly paid
consultants designing ever more complicated projects, "Just Give
Money to the Poor" offers the elegant southern alternative bypass
governments and NGOs and let the poor decide how to use their
money. Stressing that cash transfers are not charity or a safety
net, the authors draw an outline of effective practices that work
precisely because they are regular, guaranteed and fair. This book,
the first to report on this quiet revolution in an accessible way,
is essential reading for policymakers, students of international
development and anyone yearning for an alternative to traditional
poverty-alleviation methods.
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